Toku aims to move children beyond “I can do the question I practised” toward “I can recognise when this knowledge is useful somewhere else.”
Comparison can reveal shared structure
Connecting multiple examples can help children attend to relational structure instead of memorising surface details.[1]
Mixed practice adds a decision
Interleaved problems require learners to identify which method applies rather than simply repeat the method used in the previous item.[2]
Reasoning gives transfer somewhere to start
Analogical reasoning provides a way to map something already understood onto a new situation.[3]
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References
- Ji Y. Son, Linda B. Smith & Robert L. Goldstone (2011). Connecting instances to promote children's relational reasoning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
- Doug Rohrer, Robert F. Dedrick & Sandra Stershic (2015). Interleaved practice improves mathematics learning. Journal of Educational Psychology.
- Annie Brookman-Byrne et al. (2019). The unique contributions of verbal analogical reasoning and nonverbal matrix reasoning to science and maths problem-solving in adolescence. Mind, Brain, and Education.